As many as 90 Indian shooters are taking part in the junior shooting world championships in Changwon, South Korea. Know how many medals India has won.
The July 16-24 ISSF Junior World Championship 2023 are underway at Changwon Shooting Range, Republic of Korea. The junior shooting world championships, now in its third edition, will see 90 Indian shooters vie for medals in pistol, rifle and shotgun competitions in the under-21 age category.
India’s contingent of 90 shooters for the 2023 junior world championships is the largest, followed by Korea’s squad of 66. The USA have 43 shooters in the competition.
Over 550 shooters from 44 countries are competing at the ISSF Junior World Championships 2023.
The 16-year-old shooter Darshna Rathore, an ISSF World Cup bronze medallist, is part of the Indian squad. She will compete in the women’s trap event.
India, with 43 medals including 17 golds, had topped the medals tally at the last junior world championships held in Lima, Peru, two years back.
Raiza Dhillon, Vinay Pratap Singh Chandrawat, Bakhtyaruddin Mohamadmuzahid Malek and Naamya Kapoor, who contributed to India’s success in Peru, are also competing at the Changwon meet.
ISSF Junior World Championships 2023: India’s medal winners
| Shooter | Event | Medal |
|---|---|---|
| Shubham Bisla | 10m air pistol men | Gold |
| Sainyam | 10m air pistol women | Gold |
| Abhinav Shaw and Gautami Bhanot | 10m air rifle mixed team | Gold |
| Abhinav Shaw, Srikanth Dhanush and Parth Rakesh Mane | 10m air rifle men’s team | Gold |
| Kamaljeet | 50m pistol men | Gold |
| Yashita Shokeen, Veerpal Kaur and Tiyana | 50m pistol women’s team | Gold |
| Kamaljeet, Ankait Tomar and Sandeep Bishnoi | 50m pistol men’s team | Gold |
| Shubham Bisla, Amit Sharma and Abhinav Choudhary | 10m air pistol men’s team | Silver |
| Uttam Sonam Maskar, Gautami Bhanot and Swati Chowdhury | 10m air rifle women’s team | Silver |
| Raiza Dhillon | Women’s skeet | Silver |
| Harmehar Singh Lally and Sanjana Sood | Mixed team skeet | Silver |
| Sameer, Mahesh Anandakumar and Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu | 25m rapid fire pistol men’s team | Silver |
| Bakhtyaruddin Malek, Shardul Vihan and Arya Vansh Tyagi | Trap men team | Silver |
| Abhinav Chaudhary and Sainyam | 10m air pistol mixed team | Bronze |
| Sainyam, Urva Chaudhary and Anjali Chaudhary | 10m air pistol women’s team | Bronze |
| Umamahesh Maddineni | 10m air rifle men | Bronze |
| Unish Holinder, Randeep Singh and Akshay Kumar | 25m standard pistol men’s team | Bronze |
| Yashita Shokeen, Prarthana Khanna and Tiyana | 25m standard pistol women’s team | Bronze |
source: olympics.com (headline edited)